Errata

On February 23, 2015, the following figures were corrected to include Alaska and Hawaii: Figure 2, “Total direct-to-consumer sales, by county, 2012”; Figure 3, “Change in direct-to-consumer sales, 2007-12 using constant 2012 dollars”; and Figure 4, “Farms with direct sales to retail or restaurants, 2012, and food hubs, 2014.”

On December 12, 2014, the ERS farm income estimates for 2008-2013 and the 2014 forecast, released on November 26, were revised to correct coding and data input sourcing problems in the underlying farm income database. Revisions also incorporate new data that became available following the November 26 release. While changes to individual State level estimates may be larger, at the U.S. level, these corrections and data revisions increased 2013 net farm income by 2 percent, to $129 billion. Also affected were the value of year-end inventories and related measures in the balance sheet, as well as production expenses, total value of production, gross and net value added, the value of inventory change, and their respective crop components in the income statement. Net farm income forecast for 2014 increased 0.4 percent, to $97.3 billion.

On December 9, 2014, the last paragraph on page 5 was revised to provide more detailed information on allocation of the EU TRQ for beef. On page 7 the first sentence in the box, the units for Canadian damages were revised to Canadian dollars. Five new citations were added to the references.

On November 25, 2014, table 2 was corrected. The 2013/14 estimates and 2014/15 forecasts for “Transfer to polyhydric alcohol, feed, other alcohol” and “Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) sale for ethanol, other” were corrected.

On November 4, 2014, a typographical error was corrected in the non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) Excel file (nonO157.xlsx) for the mean spreadsheet's total number of cases (the underlying assumptions spreadsheet is correct). The incorrect number of total cases was 63,153; this has been corrected to 112,752 cases.

On October 30, 2014, the following corrections were made to Box 2 of the report: 1) On page 27, 3rd paragraph, the 3rd sentence was corrected to begin with: “For instance, for 2014…” 2) On page 28, the 4th entry in the right-hand column of the table, the year for the New York State data was corrected to 2011.

On October 24, 2014 the chart title and text were changed to correctly identify the population being depicted; disability rates from the American Community Survey are reported for individuals 18 to 64 years of age.

On September 30, 2014, corrections were made to the Food Availability data series and the Loss-Adjusted Food Availability data series for honey and edible syrups. The availability data for honey and edible syrups in the April 2014 annual update of the Food Availability data series was pulled from an incorrect table in ERS’s Sugar and Sweeteners Yearbook. In the Food Availability data series, the Sweets.xls file has been corrected for all years from 1966 to 2012, and in the Loss-Adjusted Food Availability data series, the Sugar.xls, Servings.xls, and Calories.xls files have been corrected for all years from 1970 to 2012.

On September 24, 2014, the Historical Data file titled “Wheat Total Supply and Disappearance by Class by Quarter” was corrected. The export data for the 4th quarter of 2012/13 were corrected for all classes of wheat.

On July 15, 2014, Table 7 of the July Oil Crops Outlook report contained incorrect estimates for planted and harvested peanut acreage, resulting in an incorrect forecast for 2014/15 peanut yield. The forecast and estimates were revised, and no other data was affected.

On May 13, 2014 the note to Table 5 in “Changes in Eating Patterns and Diet Quality Among Working-Age Adults, 2005-2010,” was revised. It stated that household income relative to the poverty line was included in the regressions that were reported in the table, but in fact this variable was not included in the regression. The estimates in the table did not change.

On April 30, Figure 1 in “California Drought 2014: Farm and Food Impacts” was replaced to correct a design error which inadvertently double-counted irrigated acreage that received water from more than one source. Acreage irrigated by major water source was accurate, but when added together, the Statewide sum of irrigated acreage was roughly 1.7 million acres too high in the original chart.

On April 25, page 7 of this report was corrected. The projection for second-quarter 2014 pork production was changed from 54 billion pounds to 5.4 billion pounds, and the year-over-year change in projected fourth-quarter 2014 pork production was changed from 4 percent to 3 percent.

On April 24, 2014, documentation for the Atlas of Rural and Small Town America was revised. The description of the county classification variable "Persistent poverty, 1980-2011" incorrectly identified the source of the final year of data; it is the American Community Survey 5-year estimate for 2007-2011. The persistent poverty variable in both the Atlas and the corresponding data download file is unaffected since only the documentation was changed.

On April 7, 2014, the following corrections were made to the historical food sales table: Under Food Away From Home, the July 2012 entry was corrected from 50.4 to 54.6, and the Aug 2012 entry was corrected from 49.6 to 55.1. Under Food At Home, the Dec 2012 entry was corrected from 67.2 to 67.4.

On March 18, 2014, the description of the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) program was revised to: 1) correct an error in the price component of the county and individual ARC benchmark revenue calculation—the calculation uses the reference price, not the loan rate, if it is higher than the national price; 2) insert an omitted reference to the county ARC payment limit of 10 percent of the benchmark revenue; and 3) change the language describing the individual ARC benchmark revenue calculation to make it more clear that the individual ARC benchmark is the sum of average revenues for each covered commodity on the farm.

On March 18, the first sentence of the final bullet in the Economic Implications section was changed to clarify that ARC benchmarks, which are based on moving averages, will fluctuate over time, in contrast to PLC reference prices, which are fixed.

On March 17, 2014, farm debt for 2002-2006 in the Farm Sector Balance Sheet Table (located in Farm Income and Wealth Statistics) was revised to correct a programming error. As part of the February 2014 release, debt held by Farmer Mac at the end of each year for 2002-2006 was added to the table for the first time, but was not reflected in calculations of total real estate debt or total farm sector debt. As a result, farm sector equity (assets – debt), and the sector debt-to-asset, debt-to equity, and equity-asset ratios were also incorrect from 2002-2006. All series have been revised to provide correct data.

On March 14, 2014, corrections were made to the section on economic implications. An erroneous statement regarding limits on USDA administrative fees and overhead was deleted. While the House version of the bill included a numerical limit on such fees, the limit was removed before the Agricultural Act of 2014 was signed into law.

On March 11, 2014, the Quarterly red meat, poultry, and egg supply and disappearance and per capita disappearance tables (Recent and Historical) were revised to correct errors in the per capita disappearance calculations.

On March 10, 2014, the following seven variable names on quantities of foods per household were corrected from per capita to per household in the archived 2011 version of the Data Download and Documentation files: Lbs per household fruit&veg, 2006**; Ratio per household fruit&veg/prep food, 2006**; Lbs per household pkg sweetsnacks, 2006**; Gals per household soft drinks, 2006**; Lbs per household meat&poultry, 2006**; Lbs per household solid fats, 2006**; Lbs per household prepared foods, 2006.**

On February 13, 2014, the following (italicized) corrections were made to this page:

Under Commodities (Title I), first paragraph: The second sentence was revised to read “The legislation also reauthorizes Supplemental Disaster Assistance programs for livestock and orchard and nursery crops.

Under Commodities (Title I): The second bullet was revised to read: “…replaced by the Dairy Margin Protection Program (DMPP) and the Dairy Product Donation Program (DPDP). DMPP makes payments when the difference between milk prices and feed costs falls below a minimum level. Under the DPDP…”

Under Crop Insurance (Titles XI and XII): The last sentence of the second bullet was revised to read: "Producers who elect to participate in either the Agricultural Risk Coverage program or the STAX program are not eligible to purchase SCO coverage."

On February 11, 2014, the November 2012 and May 2013 trade data for China and Uruguay were revised to incorporate a data correction made by the Bureau of the Census. The following data files were corrected:

Meat and livestock monthly U.S. trade – All commodities

Beef and veal: Monthly U.S. trade

Beef and veal: Monthly U.S. trade – All months and countries

Meat and livestock annual cumulative year-to-date U.S. trade

Beef and veal: Annual and cumulative year-to-date U.S. trade

Beef and veal: Annual and cumulative year-to-date U.S. trade – All years and countries

On February 4, 2014, a typographical error was corrected in "Agricultural Productivity Growth in the United States: 1948-2011," a data feature appearing in the February 2014 issue of Amber Waves. The last sentence of the third paragraph should end with “and capital (excluding land) increased by 65 percent (0.8 percent per year).

On January 17th, the January 2014 Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook report was corrected to include missing numbers for U.S. pork exports to the world, on page 10. The missing numbers were 453 million pounds for 2013 and 467 million pounds for 2012. An error in beef production numbers in the “U.S. red meat and poultry forecasts” table on page 20 was also corrected. This correction changes first-quarter 2014 beef production to 5,830 million pounds and annual 2014 beef production to 24,320 million pounds.

On January 16, 2014, Table 5 of the January 2014 Feed Outlook has been corrected to reflect an error in first-quarter (2013/14) corn for fuel ethanol use. This correction changes previously reported estimates of Quarter 1 “Alcohol for Fuel” and Quarter 1 “Total food, seed and industrial use.”

On January 9, 2014, Table 2 on page 15 was revised to correct errors in the labeling of rows in the table. The row label for “Peaches & nectarines” was changed to “Avocados,” the row label for “Avocados” was changed to “Peaches & nectarines,” the row labels for “Pears,” “Grapefruit,” and “Lemons” was changed to “Lemons,” “Pears,” and “Grapefruit,” and the row labels for “Papayas” and “Blueberries” was changed to “Blueberries” and “Papayas.” Additionally, the label heading for the fourth column was changed from “2001-12” to “2010-12.”

On December 24, 2013, a typo was discovered on page 17 of EIB-119, "Trends in Infant Formula Rebate Contracts: Implications for the WIC Program." In figure 8 on page 17, the vertical axis label was corrected from "Billions" to "Millions".

On December 6, 2013, data underlying the chart “Certified organic cropland and pasture reached nearly 5.4 million acres in 2011” was corrected, along with the accompanying text. The correct number of certified organic pasture/rangeland acres in 2005 is 2.331 million. The correct number of certified organic pasture/rangeland acres in 2010 is 1.405 million; the correct number of certified organic cropland acres in 2010 is 2.966 million.

On November 26, 2013, the chart titled "Meat consumption generally increases with higher income" included in the August 2013 Amber Waves titled "Developing Countries Dominate World Demand for Agricultural Products" was revised to correct an error in the vertical axis scale.

On November 20, 2013 the retail pork values, price spreads, and farmer's shares for January-July 2013 were revised to correct an error in bacon prices (city average and Northeast region, sliced, per lb) reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for those months.

The Chart of Note, published on Sept. 17, had an error in the y-axis and text. The Y-axis label has been corrected from “Meals per day, billions” to “Meals, billions.” The text has been corrected as follows:

“Since 1992, the average number of meals served annually to children in family day care homes and child care centers has risen from 1.2 to 1.9 billion.”

On September 18, 2013, the "Retail prices for beef, pork, poultry cuts, eggs, and dairy products" and "Summary of retail prices and price spreads" tables were revised to correct an error in the July 2013 whole frozen turkey price reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

On September 9, 2013, a citation was added to the report’s list of references (U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). 2009. Farms, Land in Farms, and Livestock Operations 2008 Summary. February), completing a reference to "USDA (2009)" in footnote 3 in the box on page 6.

On September 4, 2013, the country tables were revised to reflect corrections made to the source report: International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns: An Update Using 2005 International Comparison Project Data, TB-1929. The ordering of country names was corrected and estimation methods clarified in table notes.

On July 3, 2013, the second sentence in the text box on page 27 was corrected to say that the food-insecure share of the Asia region’s population is projected to remain under 18 percent. The third sentence was corrected to say that the most food-insecure countries in the region are Afghanistan, North Korea, and Yemen.

On March 13, 3013, the following correction was made. On page 8, in the third full paragraph, the second sentence has been corrected to read: "Brazil has been exporting feed-quality wheat at a higher-than-expected pace."

The previous update of the poverty data in the County-Level Data Sets (completed on February 26, 2013) was incomplete, leaving 2010 data in tables labeled as 2011 data. This problem was corrected on March 8, 2013, so that 2011 poverty data is now reported in both the State-county maps and the accompanying tables.

Table 1 in the Farm Household Income and Characteristics data product was updated on March 6, 2013 to correct a misreported farm household income forecast for 2012 ($57,723 instead of $57,378) and to add missing labels indicating which rows represent medians and which rows represent means.

This report, originally released in March 2011, was revised in February 2013 to correct the ordering of country names in the appendix tables. Additional clarifications to the data and estimation methods used were added to pages 1, 11, and 18.

On January 8, 2013, Figure 3 was corrected to reflect a units error in the original figure. The corrected figure shows agricultural R&D expenditures ranging from $0 to $3.5 billion depending on category of spending (previously, the figure misreported these expenditures by a factor of 10, or from $0 to $35 billion).

On December 18, 2012, Appendix Table 5 was corrected to reflect a layout error that repeated rows 7-14 and omitted rows 15-20. The corrected table now has the previously missing rows (15-20) and rows 7-14 are no longer repeated.

On December 17, 2012, the calendar year (new series) State export data for several agricultural export categories were corrected. The values for feeds and fodders and for grain products were corrected for all States and all years. Smaller changes were made for the following States and export categories, which should have had zero values: Utah (tree nuts, soybeans, rice, and chicken meat); and Connecticut (cotton). The export value for Idaho wheat, which had been zero, was also corrected.

On October 1, 2012, the following corrections were made to 3 tables on this page:

U.S. agricultural exports, year-to-date and current months, 2012 table: The data in the column labeled Oct-July 2011 was corrected.

Top 10 U.S. agricultural export markets for wheat, corn, soybeans, and cotton, by volume, 2011 table: The file was corrected to add the 2011 data.

U.S. agricultural exports, year-to-date and current months, 2011 table: A mislabeled heading was corrected. The column now labeled as percent changes for September to October 2011 had been mislabeled as September to August.

AES-75 was corrected on August 30, 2012. On page 1, the subtitle of the report was corrected from "FY 2013 Exports Forecast at a Record $134.5 Billion; Imports at a Record $117.0 Billion" to "FY 2013 Exports Forecast at a Record $143.5 Billion; Imports at a Record $117.0 Billion."

On August 28, 2012, this report was corrected to add text inadvertently excluded from the original version. The following text was added to the end of the last paragraph on page 17, continuing on to page 18: "…designated producers exceed their authorized volumes when gasoline prices are high. The article's findings could not be confirmed but listings on Chinese e-commerce sites checked by ERS include a number of companies listing "fuel ethanol" as one of their products. This could also imply a larger supply of domestic DDGS than is often acknowledged. Recent Chinese Government policy has sought to slow growth of ethanol and other industrial uses of corn but production has remained robust."

In the Farms section: "Total cropland under severe or greater drought increased from 20 percent to 38 percent, while total value of crops exposed increased from 16 to 29 percent" was corrected to match the table data and now reads "Total cropland under severe or greater drought increased from 17 percent to 39 percent, while total value of crops exposed increased from 16 to 31 percent."

In the Corn subsection, "New estimates of 2012 corn yields and production will be released on August 1" has been corrected to "New estimates of 2012 corn yields and production will be released on August 10."

In the Soybeans subsection, "For the previous 5 years, ending stocks averaged around 600 million bushels" has been corrected to "For the previous 5 years, ending stocks averaged around 257 million bushels."

On July 13, the following corrections were made in Table 6: 1) Manmade home furnishings for Apr 2012-changed from 25,953 to 75,115; 2) Manmade floor coverings for Apr 2012-changed from 75,115 to 25,953.

On July 12, 2012, a sentence in the last full paragraph on page 11 was revised from "Production of grain, which accounts for nearly half of this region's diet, is projected to increase nearly 41 percent over the next decade," to "Production of grain, which accounts for nearly half of this region's diet, is projected to increase roughly 30 percent over the next decade."

This report, originally released in June 2012, was reissued in July 2012 with the following corrections: 1) Figure 3 was corrected to indicate that FSIS does not carry custom-exempt slaughter plant data on the 21 continental States that do not maintain their State Inspection programs; 2) At the bottom of page 8, a paragraph was amended to indicate that FSIS data are not complete for custom-exempt slaughter plants.

In June 2012, the ARMS Farm Financial and Crop Production Practices data was revised to correct a coding error that resulted in some applications of fertilizers being double-counted, thereby over-estimating fertilizer applications by season. Revised data on the timing of nitrogen, phosphate, and potash applications from the 2006 soybeans, 2007 cotton, 2009 wheat, and 2010 corn surveys were released and timing of fertilizer applications data for all other surveys/years were removed until corrections can be made and verified.

In June 2012, the documentation describing Level 4 FAR codes was amended to clarify that they include rural areas that, among other restrictions, are 60 minutes or more from an urban area of 50,000 or more people.

On June 11, 2012, all 2011 annual milk cost and return estimates were revised due to discovery of an error in the purchased feed cost estimates. The error resulted from inconsistencies in the feed price data used to index the 2010 purchased feed cost to reflect 2011 prices. Consistent dairy feed prices were found and used to correct the error. The incorrect data was originally posted on May 1, 2012.

The variables "Percent with some college experience 2005-2009" and "Percent with college degree or higher, 2005-2009" were miscalculated in an earlier release. Persons with an associate's degree were included in the "College degree or higher" category rather than the "Some college experience" category.

Starting on the bottom of page 18, a paragraph about the effects of government programs on land values was revised to clarify program attributes. Starting on the bottom of page 32, a paragraph was amended to make it clear that the Farm Service Agency compiles data on foreign ownership of farm and forest land, and to delete the final sentence on State regulation of foreign ownership.

On pages 17-20, a series of wording changes were made to clarify that: 1) ACRE payments, while based on revenue shortfalls, are not revenue insurance; 2) producers enrolling in ACRE forgo Countercyclical Program payments, receive reduced Direct Program payments, and face reduced marketing assistance loan rates; and 3) Supplemental Revenue Assurance Payments are expected to amount to $900 million in 2011. Figure 4.1 on page 37 was revised to reflect data corrections.